Education - Higher

With nearly 48 percent of all U.S. undergraduates attending community and technical colleges, the two-year sector is an integral part of our nation's higher education system and a vital part of our nation's future. The need for effective faculty evaluation and professional development within...

Hoffman and Summers provide both a conceptual framework and practical approaches relevant to leadership issues in higher education. This book offers solutions for those in leadership positions or those anticipating a position in higher education. It focuses on everyday operational problems and will provide...

This book explores the state of higher education at century's end and the challenges awaiting it in the next millennium. It assesses changes in the student population, the role of faculty, spending patterns, government support, the role of intercollegiate athletics, the nature of presidential...

This edited collection addresses the institutional context and social issues in which teaching the women's studies introductory course is embedded and provides readers with practical classroom strategies to meet the challenges raised. The collection serves as a resource and preparatory text for all teachers...

Addressing the need for marshaling the resources of education to help promote a more civil society, this book argues that education has a critical role to play in challenging the dominant views of politics and education. Service learning, or academically based community service, is...

This work explores the philosophical positions of five postmodern thinkers--Lyotard, Rorty, Schrag, Foucault, and Derrida--to show how their critiques imply that scholars are unduly limited by the belief that inquiry is fundamentally about gaining knowledge of phenomena that are assumed to exist prior to...

Comparing the private black colleges of Texas with its public institutions and with other black colleges across the nation, Michael R. Heintze convincingly supports the revisionist view of these schools as valuable social institutions instead of the corrupt and inadequate imitations critics have called...

Wendy Bishop and David Starkey have created a remarkable resource volume for creative writing students and other writers just getting started. In two- to ten-page discussions, these authors introduce forty-one central concepts in the fields of creative writing and writing instruction, with discussions that...

How do definitions of literacy in the academy, and the pedagogies that reinforce such definitions, influence and shape our identities as teachers, scholars, and students? The contributors gathered here reflect on those moments when the dominant cultural and institutional definitions of our identities conflict...

The University before and during World War II was a small (fewer than 2,000 students) school offering basic programs to a largely Nevada-based student body in the nation's least-populated state. The campus was quiet, secure, traditional, and generally conservative. The postwar years brought booming...

Recent events in Tianamen Square have made such books abruptly important, though in some aspects outdated. This one examines reforms in higher education from before the republic to March 1988, and focuses on educational and economic relations with groups outside China, and the effect...

In 1968 a cohort of politically engaged young academics established the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS). Critical of the field of Asian studies and its complicity with the United States' policies in Vietnam, the CCAS mounted a sweeping attack on the field's academic,...

Celebrating art and interpretation that take on social challenges, Doris Sommer steers the humanities back to engagement with the world. The reformist projects that focus her attention develop momentum and meaning as they circulate through society to inspire faith in the possible. Among the...

Speaking of Flowers is an innovative study of student activism during Brazil's military dictatorship (1964-85) and an examination of the very notion of student activism, which changed dramatically in response to the student protests of 1968. Looking into what made students engage in national...

Intellectuals occupy a paradoxical position in contemporary American culture as they struggle both to maintain their critical independence and to connect to the larger society. In Anxious Intellects John Michael discusses how critics from the right and the left have conceived of the intellectual's...

There have been institutions of higher learning for centuries in Africa, but the phenomenal growth has taken place in the last fifty years, first in the later days of colonialism and then in the heady days of independence and commodity boom. Without them, there...

Recounts the history and development of Jesuit higher education in the American South R. Eric Platt examines in Sacrifice and Survival the history and evolution of Jesuit higher education in the American South and hypothesizes that the identity and mission of southern Jesuit colleges...

This book sketches the history of higher education, in parallel with the development of science. Its goal is to draw attention to the historical tensions between the aims of higher education and those of science, in the hope of contributing to improving the contemporary...

Actionable Research for Educational Equity and Social Justice advances a unique, engaged approach to promoting educational equity and social justice in higher education across China and beyond. Developed as a joint venture of senior and junior scholars in China and the United States, this...

This book presents a broader understanding of the relationship between Chinese higher education and economic and social change. It attempts to fill the unevenness in China's economic and social development and education through initiating a debate about Chinese higher education and social justice.Author: Bin...

Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book analyzes the relationship between higher education, the economy, and government in the development of a democratic and market economy society in select emerging market countries.Author: Matthew S. McMullen,James E. Mauch,Bob DonnorummoISBN-10: 081533463XISBN-13: 9780815334637Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/08/2000Pages: 254Format: HardcoverWeight:...

The South African higher education system has historically been characterized by racial and gender inequities inherited from the discriminatory policies of the apartheid era. Emerging from a higher education history plagued with deeply entrenched racial disparities, Voices of Conflict examines how academic programs and...

This first comprehensive account of Chinese higher education during the modern period examines the first hundred years of the development of universities in China, with special emphasis on the cultural patterns that shaped them in ways that differed from the development of Western universities....

The Ivy League is a place where basketball is neither a pastime nor a profession. Instead, it is a true passion among players, coaches, and committed sports enthusiasts who share in its every success and setback. Outside the Limelight is the first book to...

The tangled relationship of power and higher education is a fascinating one. Where power centers arise on campus, they influence and are influenced by sources of power outside. Students, faculty and administration compete for authority within the academic community; citizens whose education has placed...

Education in Kentucky has developed slowly, and even now the state ranks low in the nation in providing public funds for the development of its human resources. In this book the author, who was president of the University of Kentucky from 1917 to 1940,...

This volume brings a variety of perspectives to bear on the issue of how higher education institutions can--or should--choose students during the early part of the 21st century. The volume is particularly timely because the question of how changes in admAuthor: Wayne CamaraISBN-10: 0805847529ISBN-13:...

Documents the development and growth of centers of excellence at Tribal Colleges and Universities in the U.S. through a program supported by the Native American Higher Education Initiative, a W.W. Kellogg Foundation Project.Author: Maenette K. P. a. BenhamISBN-10: 0805843205ISBN-13: 9780805843200Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2002Pages: 326Format:...

This Handbook is designed to help cooperative education and internship professionals and employers design, carry out, and disseminate quality research and evaluation studies of work-based education. It offers examples of current, leading-edge studies about work-based education, but with a practical twist: The chapter authors...

A cross-cultural exploration of globalization and women in higher education. Compares experiences of Western and Asian women within a framework that raises important questions about cultural difference and institutional power.Author: Carmen LukeISBN-10: 0805836683ISBN-13: 9780805836684Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2001Pages: 296Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 9.20h x 6.18w x...

This edited book about Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) is for senior administrators in higher education and people in charge of designing new learning environments. Written by experts, it will discuss trends in technology, implications for educationaAuthor: Paul S. GoodmanISBN-10: 0805836659ISBN-13: 9780805836653Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2001Pages:...

Original essays by writing center researchers directly address current concerns about writing ctr. research through detailed accounts of research and use of diversity of research methodologies available to both veteran & novice writing ctr. professionalsAuthor: Paula GillespieISBN-10: 080583446XISBN-13: 9780805834468Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2001Pages: 296Format: HardcoverWeight:...

Samuel Schuman examines the place of religious colleges and universities, particularly evangelical Protestant institutions, in contemporary American higher education. Many faith-based schools are flourishing. They have rigorous academic standards, impressive student recruitment, ambitious philanthropic goals, and well-maintained campuses and facilities. Yet much of the...

Research, teaching, service, and public outreach--all are aspects of being a tenured professor. But this list of responsibilities is missing a central component: actual scholarly learning--disciplinary knowledge that faculty teach, explore in research, and share with the academic community. How do professors pursue such...

The chronic underinvestment in higher education has serious ramifications for both individuals and society.Winner, Best Book in Education, 2009 PROSE Awards, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American PublishersWinner, Best Book in Education, PROSE Awards, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American...

The role played by the humanities in reconciling American diversity--a diversity of both ideas and peoples--is not always appreciated. This volume of essays, commissioned by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, examines that role in the half century after World War II, when...

Exploring the Digital Library, a volume in The Jossey-Bass Online Teaching and Learning series, addresses the key issue of library services for faculty and their students in the online learning environment. Written by librarians at Athabasca University, a leading institution in distance education, this...

In 2009, an international conference exploring models of statehood for Israel and Palestine was held at York University. The conference became a cause célèbre when extraordinary pressures were exerted on organizers and university administrators by academics, private donors, pro-Israel lobbies, and other groups concerned...

The Red Cross is studied and criticized. The Royal Family is studied and criticized. Churches and hospitals are studied and criticized. Canadian universities are seldom studied and criticized and are worse off for this neglect. This book seeks to repair this damage by casting...

This book provides a critical analysis of the most significant developments in the college systems in every province and territory since 1895. With contributions by leading scholars, it addresses such topics as leadership, entrepreneurship, new forms of organization, accountability, instructional methodology, the emergence of...

Habits of Mind maintains that the fact that almost everyone now goes to college need not be seen as an obstacle to excellence in education. Some critics have insisted that college is not for everyone, but William B. Allen and Carol Allen assert that...

"It is often said that the American academic, protected by tenure, is free to do pretty much as he or she pleases. Lewis argues that this freedom is largely an illusion. Faculty actions are greatly limited by governing boards and the academic administrators they...

Linking the worlds of community development, higher education administration, and urban design, this accessible guidebook offers useful information on how universities and communities can best develop partnership projects. Its focus on smart growth projects further enhances its value for those interested in how urban,...

Higher education worldwide, including the university and other related academic programs, is currently undergoing intensive change and transformation perhaps as no other time in its long history. One factor contributing to this rapid transformation is the global expansion of higher education at unprecedented rates....

Contains specially commissioned papers by some of the most respected academics working in the field of further education. Draws the situation as it is now and looks forward to the developments in the coming years.Author: Peter ScottISBN-10: 0750709774ISBN-13: 9780750709774Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/16/1999Pages: 222Format: PaperbackWeight:...

This text presents a history of PE in specialist women's colleges. It looks back at 100 years of social, political and educational development, comparing six women's colleges.Author: Ida M. WebbISBN-10: 0750709766ISBN-13: 9780750709767Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/19/1999Pages: 216Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 9.19h x 6.28w x 0.43d

Present the findings of new research into the problem of students dropping-out from their courses, and provides information that will help institutions understand and address the problem.Author: Mantz YorkeISBN-10: 0750708972ISBN-13: 9780750708975Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/31/1999Pages: 176Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 8.91h x 5.71w x 0.54d

This book gathers together the unique personal reflections of 16 eminent women working in higher education across the world, in an attempt to understand why female academics are so under-represented in todays universities.Author: Miriam DavidISBN-10: 0750708379ISBN-13: 9780750708371Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/1997Pages: 224Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 9.50h...

This study draws upon cultural capital theory and exploits 25 individual cases of students in a middle-size city in China in order to understand the patterns of college planning process of students with different socio-economic status. This study will enrich cultural capital theory by...

Higher Education as a Field of Study in China concerns higher education as an academic field-the evolving nature of the field in light of the overall development of higher education in China. Xin Wang illustrates how higher education is becoming an interdisciplinary field rather...